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England training kit stolen before squad arrives at World Cup base in Missouri
England experienced a theft of training equipment before their arrival at their World Cup base in Kansas City, with items including some of the team’s boots and official tournament balls stolen on Friday.
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New Jersey World Cup boom stalls as $2,300 rooms and $450 parking scare off fans
Days before the kickoff of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, there was no outward sign that this desolate, trash-strewn parking lot in New Jersey would soon become one of the priciest stretches of asphalt in the tri-state area.
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SpaceX soars past $2 trillion in Nasdaq debut and makes Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
SpaceX shares jumped 19% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, sending the company’s value past $2 trillion to make it the sixth-biggest U.S. company by value and turning Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire.
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US government orders Anthropic to block foreign nationals from top AI models
Anthropic will "abruptly disable" its most advanced AI models for all users after the US government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns.
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Woman critically injured in shark attack just 30 metres from Sydney’s Coogee Beach
Emergency services were called to Coogee Beach in the east of Sydney, Australia’s largest city, in the morning on reports that the 35-year-old woman had been bitten by a large shark about 30 meters (100 feet) from the shore.
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Helen Mirren joins Companions of Honour as King’s Birthday Honours revealed
Rugby league great Kevin Sinfield, actress Dame Helen Mirren and six of the Euros-winning Lionesses lead the King’s Birthday Honours.
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Dutch MP pays damages after using AI to distort court artist’s drawing
A Dutch court artist has received damages after an MP for the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) used one of her drawings without permission and altered it with AI to make the subjects appear more menacing.
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Geri Halliwell and Christian Horner eye £45m Pride And Prejudice estate
Geri Halliwell and Christian Horner are planning a move to a £45 million estate featured in the BBC’s Pride And Prejudice.
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Boston voters say Brexit failed on migration but still reject EU return
Trudging through “Brexit capital” Boston, Judith Currah says she has a celebration planned for Leave’s tenth anniversary later this month.
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Escort manager who worked with Arab princes and sheikhs vanishes without trace in the Middle East
Panic has reportedly spread through the escort world after a model and manager named Alina, who is said to have worked with an Omani prince and sheikhs from the UAE, mysteriously disappeared.
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Towie stars gather to say goodbye to Jake Hall after tragic death aged 35
Chloe Lewis led mourners paying their respects to former "The Only Way Is Essex" star Jake Hall on Friday, weeks after his tragic death in Majorca aged 35.
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CCTV shows arsonist setting fire to Bolton Islamic teacher’s family home
CCTV footage shows the man, dressed in dark clothes, approaching the house on Eastgrove Avenue, Bolton, on Wednesday evening, before pouring liquid on a cloth and setting it alight.
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From Stalin’s Gulags to cybercrime: how Fenya became a digital underworld code
The tricks of the jail jargon Fenya were once used to bewilder guards in Stalin’s Gulags. Now they are being used by Russian cyber-criminals.
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Texas shooting leaves one dead and 10 injured after Midland police standoff
At least one person is dead and nine were in the hospital following a shooting in Texas, officials said on Friday.
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Thomas Partey denied Canada entry for Ghana’s World Cup opener amid rape charges
Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey will not be able to play in Ghana’s World Cup opener after being denied entry to Canada for the game. The Black Stars are due to face Panama at Toronto’s BMO Field on Wednesday night, but will have to do so without Partey.
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King Charles pays tribute to David Hockney after British art giant dies at home
One of the most celebrated and influential British artists of modern times, Hockney died peacefully at home on June 11, his publicist Erica Bolton said.
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Britain’s only £120,000 pink Ferrari written off after Cardiff crash as insurer refuses payout
This is the moment Britain’s only pink £120,000 Ferrari is sent flying in a crash, bouncing off the road, over a pavement and into the bushes.
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Dozens arrested outside Woolwich Crown Court during Palestine Action protest
Dozens of protesters expressing support for Palestine Action have been arrested outside a court in southeast London.
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Israeli tech firm BlackCore accused of targeting John Swinney in Scottish election interference campaign
France’s cybersecurity agency has accused the Israeli tech company BlackCore of interfering in the Scottish elections earlier this year by targeting the first minister, John Swinney.
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Police find €1.3m jewellery in Zapatero’s office safe during Plus Ultra bailout inquiry
The former Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is being investigated for possible tax fraud and smuggling after police discovered jewelry valued at more than €1.3m (£1.1m) while searching his office safe as part of a separate inquiry.
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Sierra Leone first lady loses London council flat after OCCRP tenancy fraud probe
The council of London’s Southwark borough has repossessed a subsidized flat from Fatima Bio, Sierra Leone’s first lady, following a 12-month investigation launched after OCCRP and The Times last year revealed she had kept her tenancy at the property even after moving to the presidential palace in her home country.
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How Dmytro Kovalenko transformed a Russian coal trading business into a multibillion-hryvnia empire spanning ports, agriculture and energy
Through the Swiss-registered company Adelon AG, businessman Dmytro Kovalenko reportedly bought more than $100 million worth of coal from Russian suppliers MelTEK, Sibenergougol, and Sibpromnedra between 2021 and 2022, with records suggesting the deals may have continued after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Russian woman jailed in New York for lying to FBI about FSB ties and prostitution-linked fraud
A United States District Judge in Manhattan sent a Russian woman behind bars for 14 months after she pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about her ties to Russia’s premier intelligence agency, the FSB, and to naturalization fraud linked to the interstate transport of women for prostitution.
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The Times: In der Ukraine wegen 84-Millionen-Pfund-Geldwäsche gesuchte Alyona Shevtsova übernimmt britisches Zahlungsunternehmen
Ukraine imposed sanctions on Alyona Shevtsova last year over alleged links between another of her companies and illegal gambling.
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"Captagon King" Hassan Daqqou released from Lebanese prison after seven-year sentence
A notorious Syrian-Lebanese trafficker widely known as the “Captagon King,” has been released from a Lebanese prison after completing a seven-year sentence for drug manufacturing and trafficking. Judicial sources confirmed the release of Hassan Daqqou to Daraj, OCCRP’s Lebanese partner.